title: Feasibility of a wireless health monitoring system for prevention and health assessment of elderly people.
abstract: The work presented in this paper comprises the methodology and results of a pilot study on the feasibility of a wireless health monitoring system designed under main EU challenges for the promotion of healthy and active ageing. The system is focused on health assessment, prevention and lifestyle promotion of elderly people. Over a hundred participants including elderly users and caregivers tested the system in four pilot sites across Europe. Tests covered several scenarios in senior centers and real home environments, including performance and usability assessment. Results indicated strong satisfactoriness on usability, usefulness and user friendliness, and the acceptable level of reliability obtained supports future investigation on the same direction for further improvement and transfer of conclusions to the real world in the healthcare delivery.
authors.forename: Viveca
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Mixco
authors.forename: María F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cabrera-Umpiérrez
authors.forename: Maria T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Arredondo
authors.forename: A Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Panou
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Struck
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonfiglio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005060:Europe; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D064407:Senior Centers; D059015:Wireless Technology